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Sentence
Eventually,
Pran
and
Savita
decided
by
correspondence
on
Maya.
Its
two
simple
syllables
meant,
among
other
things:
the
goddess
Lakshmi,
illusion,
fascination,
art,
the
goddess
Durga,
kindness,
and
the
name
of
the
mother
of
Buddha.
It
also
meant:
ignorance,
delusion,
fraud,
guile,
and
hypocrisy;
but
no
one
who
named
their
daughter
Maya
ever
paid
any
attention
to
those
pejorative
possibilities.
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Eventually, Pran and Savita decided by correspondence on Maya. Its two simple syllables meant, among other things: the goddess Lakshmi, illusion, fascination, art, the goddess Durga, kindness, and the name of the mother of Buddha. It also meant: ignorance, delusion, fraud, guile, and hypocrisy; but no one who named their daughter Maya ever paid any attention to those pejorative possibilities.
- - - 'Why ever not, Ma?' said Meenakshi.'It's a very Bengali name, a very nice name.'
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